Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Sociology, University of Nairobi, Kenya

Master of Arts degree in Culture and Environment in Africa (CEA), University of Cologne, Germany

Professional experience

Worked as a Research Assistant in the Resilience, Collapse and Reorganisation in Socio-Ecological Systems of African Savannas,a research program initiated by the Institute of Ethnology at the University of Cologne and implemented among pastoralists groups in Northwestern Kenya

Supervisors ofdoctoral work

Prof. Dr. Michael Bollig, Prof. David Anderson

Advisor at ZEF

Dr. Papa Sow

2017

Okumu, W..2017.Cattle Raids, Violence and Pastoralists Livelihoods in Northern Kenya-the Case of the Turkana and Samburu Communities.Doctoral Thesis atFaculty of Arts, University of Bonn.Further Information

2014

Okumu, W..2014.Conflict over Ltungai Conservancy A Case of Fatal Competition over Grazing Land and Water among the Samburu and Pokot in north-western Kenya.In: Mulugeta Gebrehiwot Berhe (eds.): A Delicate Balance Land Use, Minority Rights and Social Stability in the Horn of Africa. Institute of Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) Addis Ababa University.224-245.Download [PDF | 333.33KB]

Worked as a Research Assistant in the Resilience, Collapse and Reorganisation in Socio-Ecological Systems of African Savannas,a research program initiated by the Institute of Ethnology at the University of Cologne and implemented among pastoralists groups in Northwestern Kenya

Degrees

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Sociology, University of Nairobi, Kenya

Master of Arts degree in Culture and Environment in Africa (CEA), University of Cologne, Germany

Funding institutions

BMZ via DAAD (Right Livelihood College), Foundation Fiat panis

Thesis title

Trans-local Peace Building among Pastoralists Communities in Kenya-The Case of Laikipia Peace Caravan

Thesis abstract

f089_Okumu_Trans-local Peace Building Among Pastoralists Communities in Kenya-the Case of Laikipia Peace Caravan.pdf